Overview

• President Donald Trump named Memphis as the next city for a National Guard operation in a Fox News appearance, without providing a start date or operational details.
• Memphis would be the third city targeted after deployments in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., both of which drew intense pushback.
• Trump said the move has backing from the city’s Democratic mayor and Tennessee’s governor; Governor Bill Lee publicly pledged cooperation while the mayor has not confirmed support.
• The administration portrays Memphis as facing major crime problems, but the city’s police recently reported crime at multi‑year lows across several categories.
• Legal scrutiny is intensifying: Washington, D.C., has sued over its deployment, and a federal judge, Charles Breyer, ruled the Los Angeles operation unlawful.